In recent years, the development and use of biofuels have received considerable attention due to the high demand for environmentally acceptable (green) fuels. Most of the recent studies have looked at the processes of ...

The collection and interpretation of data is a critical component of traffic and transportation engineering used to establish baseline performance measures and to forecast future conditions. One important source of traffic ...

This thesis describes the development of a new type of sensor for nitric oxide (NO) that can be used in a variety of combustion diagnostics and control applications. The sensor utilizes the absorption of ultraviolet (UV) ...

With increasingly stringent governmental regulations on engine emissions such as oxides of nitrogen (NO_(X)) and particulate matter (PM), there is a strong motivation to decrease the production and release of these harmful ...

Vegetable oils have been researched as alternative source of energy for many years because they have proven themselves as efficient fuel sources for diesel engines when used in the form of biodiesel, vegetable oil–diesel ...

In the midst of a controversial time in the energy industry, it is hard to deny the fact that petroleum-based combustion will be a mainstay for many years to come. In light of this reality, it is the task of the engineering ...

As global focus shifts towards the health and conservation of the planet, greater importance is placed upon the hazardous emissions of our fossil fuels, as well as their finite supply. These two areas remain intense topics ...

Biogenic ethanol from corn has proven effective as an oxygenate that improves gasoline engine performance. However, the US Renewable Fuel Portfolio legislation was written before shale gas became a huge technically recoverable ...

Recently, coal-fired power plants have considered either to retire themselves or to use natural gas as the main energy source instead of coal due to more stringent air pollution regulations for nitrogen oxides (NO_(x)), ...

Ambient concentration measurements of total suspended particulate (TSP) were made at
a commercial dairy in central Texas during the summers of 2002 and 2003. The facility
consisted of both open pen housing and free-stall ...

Diesel/gasoline dual-fuel combustion uses both gasoline and diesel fuel in diesel engines to exploit their different reactivities. This operation combines the advantages of diesel fuel and gasoline while avoiding their ...